Family Myanmar Adventure

DAY 1 DEPART THE UK

Depart the UK on your overnight flight to Yangon

DAY 2 & 3 YANGON   THE CONTRASTS OF CITY LIFE

After an evening to relax, you’ll join your guide to explore Yangon, touring the main sites and beyond in a style tailored to your family. This tour visits the landmarks but also gives you a sense of the contrasts of local village life and urban life. You’ll enjoy a street food dinner before returning to your hotel in the evening.

DAYS 4 & 5 LOIKAW   Off-Beat adventure

You’ll take a domestic flight north-east to Loikaw, a remote area that few tourists visit. Your guide will meet you on arrival, and you’ll spend two days getting a sense of the rural way of life and exploring the local countryside. Visiting villages, exploring markets where tribes meet to trade and taking in the beautiful scenery you’ll begin to form a picture of Burmese life. 

DAYS 6-8 LAKE INLE   TRAVEL BY BOAT TO THE LAKE

With your guide, you’ll board a small boat for the river journey to Lake Inle. This is a super way to get to Inle, it's fun and adventurous, and there is much to see. En route you’ll glide past bamboo fields and little villages and fascinating Sankar where 100 Buddhist stupas poke out of the lake.

When you reach Lake Inle itself, you’ll have two days exploring the rotating markets atop the lake, canoeing at sunset and going on a guided cycle adventure in the countryside.

DAY 9 &10  KALAW   ELEPHANTS AND SCENERY IN THE HILLS

Travel by train towards Kalaw. The simple train rolls through the scenic hills and slowly rattles into town. It is not the most comfortable or efficient way to travel, but it is a great way to see the countryside and chat with the locals.

During your stay in Kalaw, you’ll venture out into the surrounding countryside to the remote Green Hill Elephant Camp, a joint venture aimed at providing work and shelter for several retired elephants while reforesting some 190 acres of land. You’ll get an opportunity to bathe the elephants, as well as plant a tree on the site. After lunch you’ll then return to Kalaw in the company of your guide, to enjoy an afternoon discovering the abundant charms of this sleepy colonial hill station by bicycle.

DAY 11 – 13 BAGAN    EXTRAORDINARY city

You’ll take a 40-minute flight from Heho Airport down to famous Bagan (alternatively you could opt to travel this route by road; it's one of the most scenic drives in Myanmar and takes around 6 hours).

During your stay, you’ll explore the pagodas of the extraordinary archaeological area on a guided bicycle tour. You’ll take a horse and cart ride to a quiet spot for sunset, and after dark, you’ll explore one of the fascinating temples when most tourists have left.

There will also be time for a boat ride across the Irrawaddy to spend the morning with the friendly Buddhist monks and villagers of Kyun Thiri Island. You’ll pay a visit to the local monastery and spend the morning learning about the daily lives of this unique agricultural society, before heading back across the river to Bagan in time for lunch.

DAY 14 & 15 YANDABO  LIFE on the banks of the IRRAWADDY

After lunch in Bagan, you’ll travel slowly up the river towards the village of Yandabo. Here you’ll stay in a cosy hotel on the banks of the Irrawaddy River. You’ll spend your time here getting a flavour of village life along the Irrawaddy, one of the most important rivers in Myanmar.  Pottery is a popular local craft and water buffalo harvest the land in this sleepy rural area.

DAY 16– YANGON  A final night in the city

Take the river journey back to Bagan and board your flight back to Yangon (alternatively, we could tailor your holiday to include a river journey on to Mandalay to spend a couple of extra days exploring).

Spend your last afternoon/evening exploring one of the country's most famous landmarks, the Shwedagon Pagoda. The recognisable golden stupa dominates Yangon’s skyline, and sunset is a great time to visit, the colours are lovely and a visit is a brilliant way to mark the end of your holiday adventure.

DAY 17 – FLY HOME

Transfer to Yangon airport for your flight home.